Finance

Outside of New York City, Suffolk County was the largest county in the state to establish a public campaign finance program. It didn’t survive a year in operation — without supporting a single campaign — before Republicans took away its funding.

A financial audit of schools in Trumbull, Connecticut, surprised officials with 80-pages outlining its faults. Thomas Whitmoyer, the town’s education…

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said the securities industry on Wall Street generated more than $27 billion during the first half of the year,…

Connecticut’s Public Campaign Finance Program started a decade ago. A new report from a non partisan nonprofit, called Common Cause, says it should be a…

Connecticut’s finances are in relatively good shape despite the latest projection that the state might face a $2.1 billion deficit in fiscal year 2021,…

Wells Fargo will pay New York $65 million to settle charges that the bank duped investors with its cross-selling of financial products.New York has a…

Bank of America said last month it would stop doing business with companies that make “military firearms for civilian use.” But now the bank is lending to…

Despite calls for more diversity, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has picked its new president, another white male.The Federal Reserve system has…

The Senate Banking Committee has rejected President Trump’s pick to run the Export-Import Bank. Two Republicans broke ranks to join Democrats in blocking…

Across the country, small bankers are calling a compromise in the U.S. Senate a “game changer” that will boost the economy, not just in big cities, but in…